The Powerball lottery’s jackpot has reached an incredible $685 million, causing excitement and anticipation for the next drawing on Wednesday.
At the Christmas Day drawing, no winners were produced, leading to the current $685 million jackpot. The lucky winner stands to take home a one-time payment of $344.7 million.
The jackpot has been growing since October, when a California player won a historic $1.76 billion prize.
The next Powerball drawing will be held at 10:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Dec. 27.
The winning numbers for the Monday, Dec. 25 drawing were 05, 12, 20, 24, 29, with the red Powerball being 04 and a Power Play of 2X. While there were no jackpot winners, there were two $2 million Match 5 + Power Play winners from Colorado and Georgia, and three winners of the $1 million Match 5 from California, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania.
To win the Powerball, players can match numbers in various combinations to win cash prizes, with the odds of winning the jackpot being one in 292,201,338.
The largest Powerball jackpots ever won were $2.04 billion in November 2022, $1.76 billion in October 2023, $1.586 billion in January 2016, $1.08 billion in July 2023, and $768.4 million in March 2019.
Powerball lottery tickets can be purchased in person at various locations or ordered online through the official digital lottery courier, Jackpocket.
With the massive jackpot on the line, the excitement for the next drawing continues to grow.